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Orissa HC directs govt to ensure doctors write prescriptions in capital letters

Upon finding it difficult to decipher medical records, Orissa High Court has directed State government to issue a circular asking illegible handwriting in medical records has the propensity to have adverse medico-legal implications.

During the hearing of a bail petition, Orissa HC judge S. K. Panigrahi expressed dissatisfaction that the prescription by the doctor was of pathetically poor legibility and far beyond the comprehension of any common man or even for the court.